Amos 5:8
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
כּוֹכָב
kôwkâb
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
כְּסִיל
Kᵉçîyl
any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
בֹּקֶר
bôqer
properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
שָׁפַךְ
shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc....
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Key Terms in This Verse
כְּסִיל Kᵉçîyl
any notable constellation; specifically Orion (as if a burly one)
Study H3685 →שָׁפַךְ shâphak
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Study H8210 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →Cross References
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, T...
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his n...
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do ...
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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